Government Clampdown

The Paytm chief executive was told the government has no role to play in connection with the latest RBI restrictions when he went to meet Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman yesterday, said people familiar with the matter.

The West Bengal government on Saturday snapped internet services in parts of Murshidabad district till June 14 to stop the spread of misinformation following violence in Howrah, where such a clampdown is already in force.

Chinese social media giants are withholding the operations of NFT platforms in the country. The development is the result of China’s continuous clampdown on crypto-related activities, without having specified if NFT activities are permitted or not. NFT players like Xihu No.1, Dongyiyuandian, and WhaleTalk are reportedly facing consequences.

He appeared for less than a minute and said nothing about the Chinese government clampdown that had left his business empire in crisis.

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today hit back at EU parliamentarians who sponsored a resolution against the citizenship law and the clampdown in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the government considered both issues "internal matters"

India is facing a major diplomatic backlash from the European Union parliament on the Citizenship Amendment Act and the clampdown on Jammu and Kashmir ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's expected visit to Brussels for the India-EU summit in March.

The Supreme Court may have declared indefinite Internet blackouts impermissible, but the Jammu and Kashmir government seems to have found a way to circumvent the verdict and retain most restrictions in the Valley.

Citizenship Act: In large-scale violence that engulfed many parts of Uttar Pradesh during protests against the citizenship law two weeks ago, 21 people died, many others including police personnel were injured and there was large-scale destruction of government and private property, also allegedly by the police personnel who were accused of clampin...

"Huawei has been notified by the Indian government of permission to take part in the 5G trials," Cyril Xu, Senior Manager, International Media Affairs told news agency Press Trust of India.

Kashmir's economy has suffered losses to the tune of Rs 15,000 crore since August 5 when the government scrapped the provisions of Article 370, a commerce body has claimed, saying that this is just a "conservative estimate".

The stringent communications clampdown in Jammu and Kashmir, enforced by the centre after it withdrew special status under Article 370, has been justified by the government as a "necessary" move in anticipation of violence in the region

Srinagar Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu has said that while there may not be any bodies littering the streets of Kashmir, assuming that it has returned to normal would be "highly unrealistic". "Containing a sentiment in the aftermath of a radical decision by enforcing a clampdown doesn't mean that the situation is normal. The BJP government's policy of de...

Any plots to sow discord in China's ties with Pakistan will not prevail, the Chinese government's top diplomat said on Tuesday, as Beijing fends off criticism of its economic projects in Pakistan and a clampdown in China's western Xinjiang region.

In view of a bandh called by a number of Dalit organisations on Monday to protest the alleged dilution of the SC/ST Act, the Punjab government has ordered a security clampdown as a precautionary measure, while the Army and paramilitary forces have been asked to be on standby.

In a major clampdown on banks after the Punjab National Bank (PNB)-Nirav Modi case, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday barred banks from issuing letters of undertaking (LoUs) even as fresh details emerged about possibly the biggest fraud in India's banking history. Besides, the government revealed on Tuesday that alleged fraudster Mr Modi, ...

The Paytm chief executive was told the government has no role to play in connection with the latest RBI restrictions when he went to meet Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman yesterday, said people familiar with the matter.

The West Bengal government on Saturday snapped internet services in parts of Murshidabad district till June 14 to stop the spread of misinformation following violence in Howrah, where such a clampdown is already in force.

Chinese social media giants are withholding the operations of NFT platforms in the country. The development is the result of China’s continuous clampdown on crypto-related activities, without having specified if NFT activities are permitted or not. NFT players like Xihu No.1, Dongyiyuandian, and WhaleTalk are reportedly facing consequences.

He appeared for less than a minute and said nothing about the Chinese government clampdown that had left his business empire in crisis.

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today hit back at EU parliamentarians who sponsored a resolution against the citizenship law and the clampdown in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the government considered both issues "internal matters"

India is facing a major diplomatic backlash from the European Union parliament on the Citizenship Amendment Act and the clampdown on Jammu and Kashmir ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's expected visit to Brussels for the India-EU summit in March.

The Supreme Court may have declared indefinite Internet blackouts impermissible, but the Jammu and Kashmir government seems to have found a way to circumvent the verdict and retain most restrictions in the Valley.

Citizenship Act: In large-scale violence that engulfed many parts of Uttar Pradesh during protests against the citizenship law two weeks ago, 21 people died, many others including police personnel were injured and there was large-scale destruction of government and private property, also allegedly by the police personnel who were accused of clampin...

"Huawei has been notified by the Indian government of permission to take part in the 5G trials," Cyril Xu, Senior Manager, International Media Affairs told news agency Press Trust of India.

Kashmir's economy has suffered losses to the tune of Rs 15,000 crore since August 5 when the government scrapped the provisions of Article 370, a commerce body has claimed, saying that this is just a "conservative estimate".

The stringent communications clampdown in Jammu and Kashmir, enforced by the centre after it withdrew special status under Article 370, has been justified by the government as a "necessary" move in anticipation of violence in the region

Srinagar Mayor Junaid Azim Mattu has said that while there may not be any bodies littering the streets of Kashmir, assuming that it has returned to normal would be "highly unrealistic". "Containing a sentiment in the aftermath of a radical decision by enforcing a clampdown doesn't mean that the situation is normal. The BJP government's policy of de...

Any plots to sow discord in China's ties with Pakistan will not prevail, the Chinese government's top diplomat said on Tuesday, as Beijing fends off criticism of its economic projects in Pakistan and a clampdown in China's western Xinjiang region.

In view of a bandh called by a number of Dalit organisations on Monday to protest the alleged dilution of the SC/ST Act, the Punjab government has ordered a security clampdown as a precautionary measure, while the Army and paramilitary forces have been asked to be on standby.

In a major clampdown on banks after the Punjab National Bank (PNB)-Nirav Modi case, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday barred banks from issuing letters of undertaking (LoUs) even as fresh details emerged about possibly the biggest fraud in India's banking history. Besides, the government revealed on Tuesday that alleged fraudster Mr Modi, ...